Facing truth: a televised reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Christian Century, June 27, 2006 by Ronald A. Wells
The question for Northern Irish people, and for governments in London and Dublin, is how fully and thoroughly to confront a violent past. Perhaps the redoubtable Desmond Tutu has shown a way.
Ronald A. Wells is a history professor at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and author of People Behind the Peace: Community and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland (Eerdmans) and Friendship Towards Peace: The Journey of Ken Newell and Gerry Reynolds (Columba Press).
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